Carroll O'Connor
Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
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- 1. Pilot Mar 6, 1988
- Bill Gillespie is reunited with Virgil Tibbs in Sparta, Miss.
- 2. Pilot Mar 6, 1988
- A high-school girl's murder is investigated by Gillespie and Tubbs.
- 3. Road Kill Mar 15, 1988
- Gillespie and Tibbs have conflicting suspicions about a woman's murder.
A classic murder mystery film starring Sidney Poitier as a black detective in a racist Mississippi town. The film won five Oscars, including Best Picture, and features a memorable soundtrack by Quincy Jones and Ray Charles.
- Norman Jewison
- 295
- 3 min
A crime drama set in a small town in the American South, featuring a police chief, a sheriff, and a detective. The series ran from 1988 to 1995 and won a Primetime Emmy.
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- 16 sec
- TV-14
- 38
In the Heat of the Night is an American police procedural crime drama television series loosely based on the 1967 film and 1965 novel of the same title that starred Carroll O'Connor as police chief Bill Gillespie and Howard Rollins as police detective Virgil Tibbs and was broadcast on NBC from March 6, 1988-May 19, 1992 before moving to CBS ...
- 7
- 142 + 4 TV movies (list of episodes)
- March 6, 1988 –, May 16, 1995
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi.
- $2 million
- Quincy Jones
- August 2, 1967
- Walter Mirisch
A classic crime drama starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger as a black detective and a racist sheriff in a small-town murder case. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to rent or buy the movie online.
- (1.2K)
- Sidney Poitier
- Norman Jewison
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
A black Philadelphia detective helps a racist Mississippi police chief solve a murder case in a racially hostile town. See the full plot, cast, trivia, and user reviews of this classic crime drama film.
